BIOGRAPHY
Born March 1, 1982, Missoula, Montana.

April Surgent started working with glass in 1997, in Seattle, WA. She studied at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, earning her BFA with honors, in 2004. April moved back to her hometown of Seattle in 2005 and set up a cold-glass studio with artist, Ethan Stern. Since 2003, April has taught, lectured and exhibited her works internationally. In 2009, she was awarded one of the two prestigious Neddy Fellowships, through the generosity of the Behnke foundation, along with the Urban Glass, New Talent award. In 2010, she had her first solo museum show, at the Bellevue Arts Museum, WA. She was recognized by her peers at the Tacoma Museum of Glass auction receiving the, ‘Artist’s Choice’ award, in 2011.

On her journey with glass she had the opportunity to study with Czech master engraver Jiri Harcuba, at Pilchuck glass school, in 2003. Harcuba introduced the technique of engraving to April, which has become the predominant method she uses to make her work. Harcuba became her mentor and in 2008, they started instructing a series of short courses together. A class at Corning Studio in the summer of 2012 will mark their last class teaching together. Their classes have centered on the idea that glass engraving can be contemporary art. Interested in the juxtaposition of using an, ‘endangered’ traditional craft to make contemporary art, her engraved work focuses on making permanent, archival records of contemporary life.

EDUCATION
2006: Cold-working workshop with Lienors Torre, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA
2004: Australian National University, School of Art, BFA, Canberra, Australia
2003: Cold-working workshop with Jiri Harcuba, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA
2002: Casting workshop with Irene Frolic, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
2000: College for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
2000: Hot glass workshop with Boyd Sugiki, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, USA
1999: Hot glass workshop with Nadege Degenetez, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, USA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012: School board member, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2011: Co-instructor with Jiri Harcbua, Zen-Graving, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2011: Engraving demonstration, The Maker’s Mark, GAS conference, Seattle, WA
2010: Lecturer, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2010: Panelist, Jaraslava Brychtova, Woman in Glass Forum, Seattle, WA
2009: Lecturer, UK Artist Lecture Tour #2, Bullseye Glass Co.
2009: Juror, Pratt Fine Arts Center scholarship programs, Seattle, WA
2008: Co-Instructor with Jiri Harcuba, Tradition and Innovation cold working class, North Lands
Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland.
2008: Co-Instructor with Jiri Harcuba, Zen Graving cold working class, Pilchuck Glass School,
Seattle, WA
2008: Instructor, cold working workshop, Australian National University School of Art Glass
Workshop, Canberra, Australia
2008: Demonstration Lecture, Presenter, Glass Art Society Annual Conference, Portland, OR
2007: Instructor, The Makers Mark cold working class, UrbanGlass, New York City, NY
2007: Co-Instructor with Jiri Harcuba, Fresh Cold Shop Cuts cold working class, Bullseye Glass
Company, Portland, OR
2006: Studio assistant to Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA
2005: Teaching assistant to Susan Cohn, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
2005: Cold-worker, pole-turners session, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2005: Teaching assistant to Kirstie Rea, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2005: Studio assistant to Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA
2005: Studio assistant to Joe BenVenuto, Seattle, WA
2004: Studio assistant to Kirstie Rea, Canberra, Australia
2003: Assistant to Jane Bruce, Canberra, Australia
2002: Assistant to Scott Chaseling, Canberra, Australia
1998: Assistant, Pernille Bulow Studios, Sveneke, Denmark

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012: G8, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2012: 40th Annual Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2011: SOFA Chicago, Bullseye Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011: Into the Surface, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2011: Art MRKT San Francisco, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2010: Into the Surface, solo exhibition, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2010: Women in Glass: Innovators and Visionaries, group exhibition, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010: Art Miami, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2010: COLLECT, Bullseye Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2010: Reflect, solo exhibition, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2010: 15 Years of Neddy Artist Fellows, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2009: Art Miami, Bullseye Gallery, Miami, Fl
2009: 2009 Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2009: COLLECT, Bullseye Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2008: Traces of Ourselves, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2008: SOFA Chicago, Bullseye Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007: COLLECT, Bullseye Gallery, Victoria Albert Museum, London, UK
2007: Pilchuck Glass School: Emerging Artists in Residence, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006: A Meandering Tale, solo exhibition, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2006: Painting with Light: Artists That Paint on and with Glass, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rolling
Hills Estates, CA
2006: SOFA Chicago, Bullseye Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005: SOFA Chicago, Bullseye Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005: Seeds of Light: 20 Years of Graduates from the Glass Workshop, ANU School of Art
Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2004: Graduating Students Exhibition, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra,
Australia
2004: WG@BE4 E-Merge, Bullseye Resource Center, Portland, OR
2004: Emerging Artists 2004, Tobin – Hewett Gallery, Louisville, KY
2004: Intersection: The Canberra Connection, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2003: Legacy, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2003: International Student Exhibition, Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA
2002: Kamberra Glass Prize, Kamberra Wine Center, Canberra, Australia
2002: Reflect, Spiral Gallery, Bega, Australia
2001: Kamberra Glass Prize, Kamberra Wine Center, Canberra, Austrailia
2000: Scholarship Recipients, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2012: Antarctica Artist and Writers Grant, National Science Foundation
2012: Visiting artist, 5-day hot-shop residency, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2011: Artist Choice Award, Tacoma Museum of Glass auction, Tacoma, WA
2011: Visiting artist, 5-day hot-shop residency, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2010: New Talent Award, Urban Glass, New York, NY
2010: Bellevue City Council Grant, in support of Bellevue Arts Museum project, Bellevue, WA
2010: 4Culture grant, in support of Bellevue Arts Museum project, Seattle, WA
2009: Neddy Fellow, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, WA
2008: Artist in Residence, Australian National University School of Art, Glass workshop, Canberra,
Australia
2007: Artist in Residence with Jiri Harcuba, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR
2007: Hotel Murano lobby commission, Tacoma, WA
2006: Emerging Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2006: Juror's Choice (Tina Oldknow), New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2005: University Medal, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2005: Artist in Residence, Bullseye Glass Co., Portland, OR
2004: Embassy of Spain Traveling Scholarship, Embassy of Spain, Canberra, Australia
2004: Dean’s List, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra, Australia
2003: Honors Scholarship for 2004, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra,
Australia
2003: Commission, International Year of Freshwater design competition, Canberra, Australia
2002: Kamberra Glass Prize, Kamberra Wine Center, Canberra, Australia
2002: Dean’s List, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra, Australia
2001: Dean’s List, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra, Australia
2001: Dean’s List, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2000: Full tuition scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2011: Naomi Ekperigin, “April Surgent, Forging Relationships in Reflections”, Drawing Magazine,
Summer
2010: Andrew Page, “3 Questions For... April Surgent”, The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet, January
2008: Michele Corriel, “Ones to Watch”, Western Art and Architecture
2007: Shawn Waggoner, “Glass City: April Surgent’s fused and cameo engraved panels”, Glass
Art

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- Australian National University Public Artwork Program, Canberra, Australia
- Bradley Allen Acquisition Award, Canberra, Australia
- Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
- Embassy of Spain Art Collection, Canberra, Australia
- Kamberra Wine Center, Canberra, Australia
- Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
- Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland